Google rolls out anti-stalking measures for AirTag and other Bluetooth trackers (www.engadget.com)
I do not think that somebody will track me with a physical tracker, but still nice to have some protection.
X user “super pissed” that Musk ordered takeover of his @music account (arstechnica.com)
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“Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale (arstechnica.com)
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A cyberattack has disrupted hospitals and health care in several states (apnews.com)
A cyberattack has disrupted hospitals and health care in several states::A cyberattack has affected computers at hospitals in multiple states, forcing some emergency rooms to close and ambulances to be diverted.
HP printer USB port covered with warning sticker in hopes you won't use it | Boing Boing (boingboing.net)
HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …
FAA Throws Cold Water on SpaceX's Next Starship Orbital Launch (futurism.com)
The FAA is still awaiting the report that will detail the steps SpaceX will have to implement before it can try to launch its Starship again.
CoreWeave raises $2.3 billion in debt collateralized by Nvidia chips (www.reuters.com)
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The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. (gizmodo.com)
The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.::Reddit corporate claims victory over its disgruntled mods as r/aww, r/pics, and r/videos abandon the “John Oliver rule.”
Programmer's Credo (lemmy.world)
NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2 (www.jpl.nasa.gov)
NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2::Once the spacecraft’s antenna is realigned with Earth, communications should resume.
Cybercriminals train AI chatbots for phishing, malware attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
In the wake of WormGPT, a ChatGPT clone trained on malware-focused data, a new generative artificial intelligence hacking tool called FraudGPT has emerged, and at least another one is under development that is allegedly based on Google's AI experiment, Bard.
Judge dismisses major arguments in Google antitrust case (www.theverge.com)
The government’s antitrust case against Google just got significantly smaller. In a filing on Friday, a US district court judge dismissed several of the claims that the Department of Justice and a coalition of states brought against the company, including allegations that Google Search harms competing services.
How the Kids Online Safety Act puts us all at risk (www.platformer.news)
Anti-speech laws are spreading from states to Congress, and the future of online speech could hang in the balance
Conspiracy theories: how social media can help them spread and even spark violence (theconversation.com)
Conspiracy theories: how social media can help them spread and even spark violence::Conspiracy theories may be baseless, but they can have a range of harmful real-world consequences, including spreading lies, undermining trust in media and government and inciting violence.
[EFF Article] The Impending Privacy Threat of Self-Driving Cars (www.eff.org)
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With our own image and video search, Brave Search now offers comprehensive independent results, giving users a fully-fledged, privacy-preserving choice outside of Big Tech (brave.com)
New Google tool lets users track and delete search results about themselves (www.forbes.com.au)
New Google tool lets users track and delete search results about themselves::Google users will get a notification when new personal information such as their address or phone number gets listed in Google’s search results
Google Enhances Privacy Tools To Protect Personal Data (www.searchenginejournal.com)
This sounds like a good change.
TikTok to be fined for breaching children’s privacy in EU (www.theguardian.com)
TikTok to be fined for breaching children’s privacy in EU::Action by regulator follows £12.7m fine by UK for illegally processing data of 1.4m children under 13
Google Messages signs onto cross-platform encrypted group chat standard (www.theverge.com)
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Waymo is bringing its robotaxi service to Austin (techcrunch.com)
Waymo is bringing its robotaxi service to Austin
Engineers create battery alternative using cement and carbon black (www.dezeen.com)
Unlike batteries, which rely on materials in limited supply, the technology could be produced cheaply using materials that are readily available. Possible to charge electric cars while they are travelling across it.
Astell&Kern A&ultima SP3000 digital audio player review (www.ecoustics.com)
'Limitless' energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots (theconversation.com)
‘Limitless’ energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots::New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.
MIT scientists propose power storage using cement blocks (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
Plan to commercialize supercapacitors in the next few years
